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Who Parked The Car – Rock Climbing
Who Parked The Car – Rock Climbing
One of the musical revelations of the end of last year was Who Parked The Car. These eight schooled musicians from Paris only formed their band late in 2020. In merely six months’ time, they wrote and recorded their debut album Mad Weather, Good Friends. Set for release in April, it’s a collection of songs that blend pop, jazz and funk music.
Following their energetic, funk/nu-disco debut single Candle Dance and its laid-back, jazzy follow-up Other Side, they just put our their third track. Rock Climbing is another groovy track, with various faces. Basically a jazz tune, it contains parts with a reggaeton kind of vibe. Lyrically, it’s a song about love and addiction.
Recommended as well:
Other Side
Candle Dance
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Who Parked The Car – Other Side
Who Parked The Car – Other Side
Thomas Salvatore (vocals, piano and keyboards), Laura Wamba (vocals), Sebastián Muñoz (saxophone, flute), Félix Reneault (saxophone), César Aouillé (guitar), Ludo Prieur (bass), Malo Ropers (percussions) and Alejandro Dixon (drums) are Who Parked The Car. Eight people in one band. Eight people to share the money. Hopefully they’re good friends and/or make music for fun 😉.
One thing is sure: coming from the best music schools in Paris, this is a talented bunch of young musicians. And with pop influences like Bruno Mars, Stevie Wonder, Toto and Supertramp, and jazz influences like Snarky Puppy, Robert Glasper, Louis Cole and Weather Report, what could possibly go wrong?
Following their energetic, funk/nu-disco debut single Candle Dance, Who Parked The Car now show an ‘other side’ of themselves. Their new single is a laid-back, jazzy track with soulful lyrics about the different sides of people. A song that fits winter like a glove.
Nevertheless, I can’t wait for spring, for more than one reason. Because of the sun and higher temperatures (hopefully), but also because this octet will release their debut album Mad Weather, Good Friends in April. The band say the music on it will be fresh, organic, spontaneous, cheerful, bright, inclusive, optimistic and comforting. Sounds like just the thing we all need. Bring it on!
Recommended as well:
Who Parked The Car – Candle Dance
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For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Who Parked The Car – Candle Dance
Who Parked The Car – Candle Dance
Who Parked The Car are eight schooled musicians from Paris, who only formed their band late last year. In only six months’ time, they wrote and recorded their debut album Mad Weather, Good Friends. Set for release in Spring 2022, it’s a collection of songs that blends pop, jazz and funk music. A record that sounds like a fiery jam session.
First single Candle Dance is a great example of what to expect. It’s rich, infectious and groovy, and almost impossible not to dance to. Lyrically, it’s about not giving up. Even when the situation is really bad, things can get better if you stay positive. If you like bands like Brand New Heavies or early Jamiroquai (especially when playing live), this is for you. Talking of which: the music has been composed to be performed live and bring good energies to the audience.
The band consists of Thomas Salvatore (vocals, piano and keyboards), Laura Wamba (vocals), Sebastián Muñoz (saxophone, flute), Félix Reneault (saxophone), César Aouillé (guitar), Ludo Prieur (bass), Malo Ropers (percussions) and Alejandro Dixon (drums). The only thing we still don’t know is: who parked the car?
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 16)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Luke Armstrong – 2000
indie | pop - The Bad Actors – Six Figure Sammy funk | indie | pop | rock
- Hard-Fi – Looking For Fun indie | pop | rock
- Lime Garden – Cross My Heart indie | pop | rock
- Lucia & The Best Boys – You Look Like Somebody In Love indie | pop
- Leona Rue – Start Again indie | pop
- Scratching – Malvern Star
indie | pop | rock - They Might Be Giants – Get Down
indie | pop - Who Parked The Car – Prête?/Sugar Rush
funk | indie | jazz
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Your ‘All-Time’ Favourites (2017-2022)
The last six years, starting in 2017, I posted 10 musical recommendations per week on this blog. A total of well over 3.000 tracks, mostly by upcoming – often female (fronted) – artists from all over the world. As I explained yesterday, Carte Blanche Music is entering a new era. One in which I’ll focus my efforts on my constantly updated Spotify playlist.
For sure, that doesn’t mean the blog is closing down. It’ll continue to be the home of my ‘best of’ collection (Werner’s Weekly) on Monday mornings (CET) and my favourite new track (the Carte Blanche Music Wildcard), every Wednesday morning. Also, I’ll post the latest additions to my playlist on Saturdays. For updates, follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
No better way to round up the last six years than by publishing the Your ‘All-Time’ Favourites, a chart compiling the 500 most popular (as in best-read) Carte Blanche Music recommendations from 2017 to 2022. You’ll find the Top 25 below, but click through for the full list. My original recommendations are behind the links. If you’re an artist, don’t be shy and search (Ctrl+F) to find out if you made the list. You might be surprised…
Enjoy and thanks for joining the ride so far. Follow the Carte Blanche Music playlist (click ‘♥’ in Spotify) for many more recommendations to come!
Your ‘All-Time’ Favourites (2017-2022)
- Videoclub – Roi
- Wildcard (week 7): Drew Sycamore – 45 Fahrenheit Girl
- Aili x Transistorcake – Dansu
- Wildcard (week 13): Placebo – The Prodigal
- Super db – Wait For Me
- Wildcard (week 12): Shanguy – Toukassé
- Japanese Breakfast – Paprika
- Saint Motel – A Good Song Never Dies
- IBE – Table Of Fools
- Angèle – La Loi De Murphy
- Wildcard (week 22): Håkan Hellström – Alla Drömmar Är Uppfyllda
- Rick Astley – Every One Of Us
- Friedberg – Go Wild
- Wildcard (week 26): Videoclub – En Nuit
- Agnes – Here Comes The Night
- a-ha feat. Ingrid Helene Håvik – The Sun Always Shines On TV (MTV Unplugged)
- Angèle – Libre
- Temples – Paraphernalia
- Lola Le Lann – Portofino
- Pixey – Free To Live In Colour
- Eliza & The Delusionals – Just Exist
- Videoclub – Enfance 80
- Izzy Bizu (feat. Chris Martin) – Someone That Loves You ’19
- Mina Okabe – Miss Those Days
- Just – Walk Slow Smile More Read More →
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Werner’s Weekly (week 3)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Iris Gold – Piece Of Mine
(Wildcard this week) - Superbird – Elevation Airways (Wildcard last week)
- Goodbye June – Stand And Deliver
- Karin Simonian – Beat On My Heart
- Spence Paull – When I’m Lonely
- The Vices – Strange Again
- Who Parked The Car – Rock Climbing
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Eddie Vedder, Placebo, Richard Ashcroft, White Lies, The Wombats and more.
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Carte Blanche Music Top 2021
Ahead of your favourites among this year’s Carte Blanche Music recommendations, which I’ll publish next week, these are my personal choices from the songs that came out in 2021. This list holds only 100 tracks, but you can find all of my 998 recommendations in my container playlist Carte Blanche Music 2021.
As always, I love to share some statistics about the Carte Blanche Music Top 2021. If there’s one – sad – common denominator to be found in this list, it’s that most of these songs have been criminally overlooked by radio stations outside the artist’s home countries. Radio playlists are growing more and more uniform, denying the diversity of the music available. Obviously, with over 60.000 new tracks added to Spotify every day the supply is kind of excessive, but more adventurous choices would be very welcome. Knowing this won’t happen, the best you can do is follow the Carte Blanche Music playlist, then I’ll keep you updated 😉. This is what you can expect, based on this year’s Top 2021:
- Mostly (young and) upcoming artists, many of whom release their music independently
- No less than 72% of the Top 2021 features female vocalists, up from 70% in our Top 2020 and 60% in the Top 2019
- We love pure pop songs, but with 40% guitar-based tracks, we’re more rock ‘n’ roll than average. According to Spotify Wrapped, our favourite genres last year were indie pop, modern alternative rock and dance pop, and we agree
- You can expect the best new tunes from all over the world, but even we have our preferences. We have extra warm feelings for music from countries like Australia, France, Canada and Denmark. Just so you know…
The Carte Blanche Music Top 2021 features 100 tracks, which are presented below in alphabetical order. You can listen to them all via the Spotify player. If you prefer another order, the shuffle button is your friend.
Meanwhile, you can read my original recommendations through the links below.
- Ali Barter – You Get In My Way
- Alice Merton – Island
- The Allergies – Move On Baby
- Ally Cribb – Bigger
- Alta Falls – The Fire
- Aly & AJ – Don’t Need Nothing
- Amy Shark – Baby Steps
- Angèle – Libre
- Anish Kumar & Barry Can’t Swim – Blackpool Boulevard
- Archie X – Fight Me
- Baby Queen – You Shaped Hole (WC)
- Bakermat (feat. LaShun Pace) – Ain’t Nobody
- Baxtr – In Pop We Trust (WC)
- beabadoobee – He Gets Me So High (*) (WC)
- Blu DeTiger – Blondes
- Buffalo Paradise – Buffalo Paradise
- bülow – Revolver
- Calogero – Centre Ville
- Camila Cabello – Don’t Go Yet
- Charlie Collins – Just My Luck
- Chloe Lilac – 19
- Clara Luciani – Respire Encore (WC)
- Clypso – On Our Way (WC)
- Coeur De Pirate – Tu Peux Crever Là-Bas (*)
- Cold War Kids – What You Say
- Coral Palms – Something In The Air (WC)
- Daði Freyr & Ásdís – Feel The Love
- Dead Anyway – Pigs In Blankets
- Drew Sycamore – 45 Fahrenheit Girl (WC)
- Dual – Wipe Your Tears Away
- Dua Lipa – Love Again (WC)
- Dubstar – Tectonic Plates
- Dylan Cartlidge – Hang My Head (WC)
- Eyjaa – Don’t Forget About Me
- Fear Of Tigers – Tiger Blood
- Foals – Wake Me Up (WC)
- Foo Fighters – Waiting On A War
- Foxes – Sister Ray (WC)
- Grand Corps Malade – Des Gens Beaux
- Haerts – Days Go By (WC)
- Halsey – Honey
- Harry Styles – Treat People With Kindness (WC)
- Hawke – Pinch Me (Am I Dreaming?) (WC)
- Hope Tala – Tiptoeing (WC)
- Jaguar Jonze – Who Died And Made You King? (WC)
- Japanese Breakfast – Paprika
- Jonas Brøg (feat. Lilian Vieira) – I’m Your Nr. 1 [Brazilian Version] (WC)
- Julie Zenatti – France Et Jojo
- Kacey Musgraves – There Is A Light
- King Stingray – Milkumana
- Kinishao – Always In My Head
- Laura Mac – Garage Full Of Dreams (WC)
- Lauran Hibberd – Bleugh (WC)
- Lights – Prodigal Daughter
- Lissie – Hey Boy (WC)
- Lizzie Esau – Bitter Weather
- Lou Hayter – Time Out Of Mind
- Lucy Spraggan – Heartbreak Suites (*)
- Madison Olds – If You Wanna
- mags – I Can’t Get Over You
- Maisie Peters – Psycho
- Marina – Purge The Poison (WC)
- May-a – Central Station (WC)
- Mazy – Flowers (WC)
- Mike Posner (feat. James Valentine & Jacob Scesney) – Amor Fati
- Miles Kane feat. Corinne Bailey Rae – Nothing’s Ever Gonna Be Good Enough (WC)
- Miss Machine – Regarder Les Choses
- Monowhales – He Said/She Said (I Wait) (WC)
- Montaigne – Technicolour
- Niko Rubio – You Could Be The One (WC)
- Olivia Rodrigo – Good 4 U
- Orla Gartland – You’re Not Special, Babe
- Palaye Royale – No Love In LA
- Parcels – Comingback (WC)
- Päter – Obstinate Brain
- Philippine – Bah Non. (WC)
- Placebo – Beautiful James
- The Ramona Flowers feat. Nile Rodgers – Up All Night
- Render Ghosts – Eye Rhyme
- RoseeLu – Playing Alone (WC)
- Saint Djuni – All Of My Friends (WC)
- Self Esteem – How Can I Help You (WC)
- Slothrust – Once More For The Ocean (WC)
- Smith & Thell – Pixie’s Parasol (WC)
- Stefanie Heinzmann – Labyrinth (WC)
- Super db – Wait For Me
- Telenova – Bones (WC)
- Thunder Fox – Not For Sale
- Torres – Thirstier (WC)
- Tove Styrke – Start Walking
- Troi Irons – She Loves Me Not
- Vistas – Start Again
- Who – Hey! Get Out The Way (WC)
- Who Parked The Car – Candle Dance
- Willow feat. Travis Barker – Transparent Soul
- Wilsn – You Know Better (WC)
- Wolf Alice – How Can I Make It OK?
- Yelle – Noir (WC)
- Youth Sector – Self Exile (WC)
- Yuke – Stranger Still (WC)
(WC) ex Carte Blanche Music Wildcard
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Your favourites (November 2021)
Below, you can find all 10 of your favourites in the month of November; my recommendations that you read the most during that month. Great choices!
The links bring you directly to the original posts. Each of them features a player that allows you to listen to the track via the platform of your choice. Enjoy!
- Japanese Breakfast – Paprika
- Agnes – Here Comes The Night
- Laura Mac – Garage Full Of Dreams (WC)
- Who Parked The Car – Candle Dance
- Smith & Thell – Pixie’s Parasol (WC)
- High Hi – Return To Dust
- Blu DeTiger – Blondes
- Dead Anyway – Space Dust
- Anish Kumar & Barry Can’t Swim – Blackpool Boulevard
- MeLLLo – Hunt You Down
(WC) ex Carte Blanche Music Wildcard
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Werner’s Weekly (week 46)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Foals – Wake Me Up (Wildcard this week)
- Smith & Thell – Pixie’s Parasol (Wildcard last week)
- Dual – Wipe Your Tears Away
- Teenage Dads – Piano Girl
- The Ramona Flowers feat. Nile Rodgers – Up All Night
- Thunder Fox – Head In The Clouds
- Who Parked The Car – Candle Dance
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Johnny Marr, Stereophonics, The War On Drugs, and more.
